The critically needed upgrades won't happen without dedicated vision, iconic projects and dynamic public leadership. Mobilizing citizens to push for change must be a strategic national priority.
Canada has prided itself on innovative use of public-private partnerships to build major infrastructure projects. But critics, including public employee unions, argue in new analyses that P3s cost taxpayers more than government procurement methods.
Massachusetts’ high court has ordered a state superior court to reassess facts in a pay dispute on an overbudget and late-running $90-million fiber-optic project for a state agency.
In 2007, reports started filling newspapers and websites about the poor treatment of wounded veterans in aging federal hospitals, including those being built and run by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.